Four For Trane
by Archie Shepp

Four For Trane by Archie Shepp
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 52,871st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 20 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (256th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (2,870th)
Award Best albums of all time (52,871st)

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Archie Shepp bestography

Four For Trane is ranked 9th best out of 20 albums by Archie Shepp on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Archie Shepp is Attica Blues which is ranked number 7962 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 159.

Archie Shepp album bestography « Higher ranked (50,195th)
The Cry Of My People
This album (52,871st)
Four For Trane
Lower ranked (52,871st) »
Four For Trane

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Four For Trane rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 52,871st | 1960s rank: 2,870th | 1965 rank: 256th
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2026 AAL2014Top 41 Music Albums of 196530/411
2026 RockyRaccoonJazz Pt. 365/100 -
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 38 Music Albums of 196528/381
2026martinthoTop 42 Music Albums of 196542/420
2026stangetzawayTop 19 Music Albums of 196516/191
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1964 by Acclaimed Music21/26 -
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 196541/1003
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 196599/1000
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1965 by U R C45/47 -
2024 djnizziTop 64 Music Albums of 196543/642
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 60’s (401 - 500) by URC80/100 -
2023Rm12398Top 23 Music Albums of 196423/23 -
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 196478/100 -
2022kokkinosTop 36 Music Albums of 196431/36 -
2022UncutUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (401-500)80/100 -
2021 ApplerillTop 46 Music Albums of the 1960s40/463
2020 PatrickDTop 50 Music Albums of 196433/50 -
2019MadrockerTop 100 Music Albums of 196478/100 -
2019PurpleHazelTop 35 Music Albums of 196416/35 -
2016 NoisyBeastMore Albums of the 1960s... #701-80043/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 12
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71/100 (from 20 votes)
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70/100
 
05/24/2025 12:49 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,83476/100
 
65/100
 
08/13/2024 13:43 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,79475/100
 
60/100
 
01/05/2024 20:02 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,73370/100
 
70/100
 
04/05/2023 22:10 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,24174/100
 
70/100
 
03/01/2023 02:32 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,64165/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

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From 08/13/2024 22:37 | #304750
There’s a pretty interesting back story to this album that you can find on the record’s Wikipedia page. I tend to find that a little more interesting than the album itself.

This is mostly the Giant Steps album done by Archie Shepp’s group. It’s good, but lacking compared to Coltrane’s original recordings. Shepp’s original at the end of the album is very good however.
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